Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-16

Wv aN4 81 llAlo III.
Edouin lost, Of course. l told him he was
being cheated, but he couldn't see il. He
kept On betting until they skinned him u
of his weeks salary-40. Then it took
weeks OF explaining to satisfy him that he
had been robbed. You see how it was: His
two opponents were partners. Each placed
so; n heads up, one tails up. Now either
way Edouin bet one of the partners was
certain to take in his money. This trick is
frequently worked but a person of any wit
at oil will soon see through it. Another
dodge is to cover the coin with a mask.
Say YOU have q head cover for = half
dollar. You put it down over the tail end
ofthe coin II your opponent says tail,
you expose the false head and take his
money. If he saws head the next time,
you slip of the mask exposing the tail of
the coin, and take his money again. This
operation requires great dexterity, though,
and is quickly detected by an experienced
man. The best trick Pye seen for some
time was played on me yesterday. Afriend
pulled ont some coins and jingled them.
How many are there for the amount,
John?' said he, over or under three?'
Over three said L.
There were Just three, and i lost. Now
l knew from the sound there must be three
OF over, and it never occurred to me to say
three. That is the way the ordinary man
would treat q bet Of that kind. / amused
me very much.
SIS Judgment q percentage in chance? 1t
depends largely on the nature Of the
chance. / see no good reason why . coin
should come tail the fourth time because it
has turned head three. Still, the gamblers
calculate that the percentage is in favor of
it being head. In some things judgment
makes the chance almost u certainty.
Look ut WaltOn's big winning in England.
He remarked that one horse, day after
day, bOlted at the start. He wondered
why, and looked into the matter. The
bolt was for the stable. One day the start
WAS made in the direction of the stable.
The horse was selling ut the short end in
the books, and Walton backed him for all
he was worth, confident that he would do
AZ he had always dOne-bOlt for the stable.
And sure enough he did and Walton VOL
$50, 900.
III tell You my boy, l wouldn't give .
snap of my finger for a man who didn't
have q hobby. | have two. Coin is the
other one. / have the finest collection Of
old coins you ever saw That reminds me
of how l was taken in q few years ago.
The s. gold piece of 1901, you know is ex-
tremely rare-wOrth anywhere from 81, 500
to 1000. Walking along Clark street one
day | IN attracted by a display Of old
coins in 4 pawn-shOp window. All! there
it was, the very piece / need TO make my
collection complete! An 1901 Now, it
wont do / shOught, TO let these people
know l want that coin badly proceed
ell : work it fine.
my good woman said l, what are
those money pieces in the Window
"'DOse beezes? Does pc olt coins
THAT dollar there; how much might
that be worth?"
""Ten t~OllaIs.'
"'Ten dollarsr / exclaimed, for n dol
lar pretending to be astonished.
"'Eoes vas cheab,' was her cOmplacent
reply:
land that five dollar gold piece-how
much is that wOrth?'
"'Yell, dose gum more; ff hundret
tolla.'
What! Five hundred dol
lars for that PrepOsterOusn
she insisted that the piece was cheap,
and / left, after assuring her again and
again that was surprised. The following
Saturday l returned. Madam said J.,
here are $3.50 for that s. gold piecs,' flour
iShing . roll OF crisp hills in her face, but
that is all | will give A consultation he
tween the old woman and her husband re-
suited in the acceptance Of my bid, the
old man saying that he would never make
such u sacrifice only he had to meet q note
the following Tuesday. retired with my
treasure, fairly gloating over it and my
mastery cunning. Carefully packing the
piece i'm q plush-lined box | sent it OH TO
Snowden at the Philadelphia mint for his
official recognition. In due time it came
back to me with the information that the
lSO4 date had been altered from another
number? Did ever prosecute the pawn
broker? Never! That old woman beat
me fair and square.
give O'Clock? Match you for the din
ners! Again! My boy, You have struck
your wave of luck"